Kimo Bean

Michael got a job!!! He is now a proud employee of Kimo Bean coffee shop inside the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, which is about 30-45 minutes north of Kona. About a week ago we decided to start looking for jobs on that side of the island. We just weren’t finding anything over here in Hilo, and looking in the newspaper, there are at least 3 times as many jobs listed on the Kona side. The Waikoloa resort area is really beautiful, and that is where Hapuna Beach is located. I also had an interview at a shop inside the Hilton that I am still waiting to hear about, and I have an interview for one of the restaurants inside the hotel tomorrow. It would be really awesome if we both worked in the same area. Check out the Hilton's website; it is quite a place! We are looking for an apartment/condo to rent in the town of Waikoloa Village, which is about 15-20 minutes drive from the resort area. So, things are really starting to look up, and we are feeling great! We just found out that the airline ATA shut down today, and that is what we flew on to get here…thank God we got one-way tickets!!!

This morning we decided to visit Rainbow Falls and Pe’epe’e Falls (pronounced peh eh peh eh, not pee pee :)) here in Hilo. They are major tourist attractions, and we had not taken the time to visit them yet! Since we are probably moving this weekend, we thought we should take the chance now. They were absolutely beautiful! I had read in one of our tour books that you needed to visit Rainbow Falls in the morning when the sun is behind you looking at the Falls, so you might actually see a rainbow in the water, and we did! At Pe’epe’e Falls, just about 1 mile up the road from Rainbow, we took the trail down to the Boiling Pots and towards the falls, and it was so much fun. We took quite a few pictures and just enjoyed the beauty and serenity of the place.

Merrie Monarch is a hula festival/competition held in Hilo each year the first week in April. It is basically like the super bowl of hula, and is what Hilo is known for. Tickets usually sell out about a year before and are pretty difficult to come by, not to mention expensive. So you can imagine our excitement when a retired couple from the church we’ve visited a couple times (Haili Church) invited us to go with them tonight! It is a single women’s competition, and should be so much fun. This particular couple, Bill and Jane, also had us (along with the pastor and his family and extended family) over to their house for Easter dinner, and we are just feeling so blessed by their kindness and generosity. If we are able to take pictures, I’ll be sure to post them as soon as I can!

Thanks again to everyone who has kept us in your thoughts and prayers…we definitely feel them! We are continuing to trust God in this adventure, and know that everything works out the way it’s supposed to when you have faith and believe! And that’s just what we’re doing! Love you all…